英语词汇“costly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

costly

/ˈkɒs(t)li

adjective (costlier, costliest)

1Costing a lot; expensive: major problems requiring costly repairs...

This scared her because she feared not following through might one day be costly in terms of her job.
As in real life, a managerial appointment made in haste could end up being financially costly in the long run.
Legal processes are costly in terms of both the fees and the management time involved.

Synonyms

expensive, dear, high-cost, high-priced, highly priced, big-budget, overpriced, exorbitant, extortionate, immoderate, extravagant;

lavish, rich, deluxe, choice, fine, exquisite;

valuable, priceless, worth its weight in gold, worth a king's ransom;

British upmarket, over the odds

informal steep, pricey

1.1Causing suffering, loss, or disadvantage: the government’s biggest and most costly mistake...

This will teach him very early in life that some mistakes are costly and cannot afford to be made again.
With hindsight it might have been a costly mistake but we put the education of our students first and foremost.
It seems the council missed out on an opportunity and made a costly mistake.

Synonyms

catastrophic, ruinous, disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic, devastating, crippling, crushing, fatal, lethal, damaging, harmful, injurious, deleterious, woeful, grievous, lamentable, dire, awful, terrible, unfortunate

literary direful

Derivatives

costliness

noun ...

Scarcity and resulting costliness confined its use chiefly to precious metalworking, where it was employed as a flux to cleanse surfaces of oxides and reduce melting temperatures to aid welding and soldering.
The relative costliness of labor encouraged labor-saving mechanization; the scarcity of capital made it worthwhile to build machines cheaply and use them intensively.
The goals of this program are to limit the frequency, severity and costliness of asthma exacerbations through extensive education of physicians, children and caregivers.

单词	costly
释义	costly /ˈkɒs(t)li / adjective (costlier, costliest) 1Costing a lot; expensive: major problems requiring costly repairs... This scared her because she feared not following through might one day be costly in terms of her job. As in real life, a managerial appointment made in haste could end up being financially costly in the long run. Legal processes are costly in terms of both the fees and the management time involved. Synonyms expensive, dear, high-cost, high-priced, highly priced, big-budget, overpriced, exorbitant, extortionate, immoderate, extravagant; lavish, rich, deluxe, choice, fine, exquisite; valuable, priceless, worth its weight in gold, worth a king's ransom; British upmarket, over the odds informal steep, pricey 1.1Causing suffering, loss, or disadvantage: the government’s biggest and most costly mistake... This will teach him very early in life that some mistakes are costly and cannot afford to be made again. With hindsight it might have been a costly mistake but we put the education of our students first and foremost. It seems the council missed out on an opportunity and made a costly mistake. Synonyms catastrophic, ruinous, disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic, devastating, crippling, crushing, fatal, lethal, damaging, harmful, injurious, deleterious, woeful, grievous, lamentable, dire, awful, terrible, unfortunate literary direful Derivatives costliness noun ... Scarcity and resulting costliness confined its use chiefly to precious metalworking, where it was employed as a flux to cleanse surfaces of oxides and reduce melting temperatures to aid welding and soldering. The relative costliness of labor encouraged labor-saving mechanization; the scarcity of capital made it worthwhile to build machines cheaply and use them intensively. The goals of this program are to limit the frequency, severity and costliness of asthma exacerbations through extensive education of physicians, children and caregivers.
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